different between convivial vs convive

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French convivial, from Latin conv?vium (“a feast”), combined form of con- (“together”) + v?v? (“to live”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?v?v.i.?l/

Adjective

convivial (comparative more convivial, superlative most convivial)

1. Having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity
   • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 175):

     I put the chief of police behind the bar, instructed him in his duties, and we four convivial spirits sprawled along the counter drinking ale and telling yarns till cockcrow.

   Synonyms: festive, social, gay, jovial, merry

Translations

Related terms

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.vi.vjal/
• Homophones: conviviale, conviviales

Adjective

convivial (feminine singular conviviale, masculine plural conviviaux, feminine plural conviviales)

1. convivial
2. user-friendly

Further reading

• “convivial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French convive

Verb

convive (third-person singular simple present convives, present participle conviving, simple past and past participle convived)

1. (obsolete) To feast with others

Noun

convive (plural convives)

1. (obsolete) a participant in a feast or banquet
2. (obsolete) a feast or banquet
   • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act IV, Scene 5, lines 271-4.

     First, all you peers of Greece, go to my tent;

     There, in the full convive we; afterwards,

     As Hector's leisure and your bounties shall

     Concur together, severally entreat him

Related terms

• convivial

Italian

Verb

convive

1. third-person singular present indicative of convivere

Anagrams

• vincevo

Latin

Verb

conv?ve

1. second-person singular present active imperative of conv?v?

Portuguese

Verb

convive

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of conviver
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of conviver

Spanish

Verb

convive

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of convivir.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of convivir.